I've wondered this for years. Did google map searches, etc.

Why no British or Irish pubs outside of the Sukhumvit area (and Sala Daeng)? There are many potential customers (farangs and middle class Thais) living just north of Sukhumvit (along the BTS line) who would love draft beer and pub grub.

For context, if you use the BTS as your compass, there are no Irish or British pubs north of BTS Ploen Chit. So really they are all concentrated between Nana and Phrom Phom - and there are many there. Also a couple around Sala Daeng. But outside of those small corridors. Nothing.

It's true there are plenty of hole-in-the-wall Thai bars outside of that area (mostly around BTS Ari) - some are ok, and a couple of Thai 'pubs' do exist that cater to the military between Sanam Pao and Saphan Kwai. Maybe not so comfortable for farangs.

And yes, there's the Thai Saxaphone bar at Victory Monument. But really the area could do with a real British or Irish pub. Maybe around or between BTS Ari and BTS Saphan Kwai stations? Chatuchak? Maybe there would be a foreign clientele out the other way - around On Nut?

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by ronnie50

The Londoner, Suan Luang maybe?

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

The Londoner, Suan Luang maybe?

Thanks. Interesting - quite far the other way. Is it the newish location of the older Londoner that closed?

Westerners with that want to spend a lot of dough in British of Irish pubs likely live in the Sukhumvit.

5 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Thanks. Interesting - quite far the other way. Is it the newish location of the older Londoner that closed?

Yes, moved over 10 years ago.

There's also the Sheepshank Public House by the river in Phra Nakhon. Not British or Irish but definitely a pub and a good location.

Edited 57 minutes ago57 min by Upnotover

22 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

I've wondered this for years. Did google map searches, etc.

Why no British or Irish pubs outside of the Sukhumvit area (and Sala Daeng)? There are many potential customers (farangs and middle class Thais) living just north of Sukhumvit (along the BTS line) who would love draft beer and pub grub.

For context, if you use the BTS as your compass, there are no Irish or British pubs north of BTS Ploen Chit. So really they are all concentrated between Nana and Phrom Phom - and there are many there. Also a couple around Sala Daeng. But outside of those small corridors. Nothing.

It's true there are plenty of hole-in-the-wall Thai bars outside of that area (mostly around BTS Ari) - some are ok, and a couple of Thai 'pubs' do exist that cater to the military between Sanam Pao and Saphan Kwai. Maybe not so comfortable for farangs.

And yes, there's the Thai Saxaphone bar at Victory Monument. But really the area could do with a real British or Irish pub. Maybe around or between BTS Ari and BTS Saphan Kwai stations? Chatuchak? Maybe there would be a foreign clientele out the other way - around On Nut?

Silom?

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Silom?

I tried to cover that by saying Sala Daeng

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Silom?

= Sala Daeng.

1 minute ago, Upnotover said:

= Sala Daeng.

Ok, I learned something new today 🤗

2 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

I tried to cover that by saying Sala Daeng

5 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

There's also the Sheepshank Public House by the river in Phra Nakhon.

Yes, been there - it is good. But to my mind it's more of a bar/restaurant with a great location.

3 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Yes, been there - it is good. But to my mind it's more of a bar/restaurant with a great location.

What's the difference between a Pub and a bar/restuarant.

1 minute ago, wil iam not said:

What's the difference between a Pub and a bar/restuarant.

Different atmosphere (IMO). Leans more to selling pints of draft beer and then selling British or Irish pub grub. A Thai bar restaurant often doesn't even have draft beer. They concentrate on cocktails and bottled beer and wine with meals.

The objective is to restrict the population of overweight, bald, tattooed individuals to the Sukhumvit area.